Necktie.



w Patented Aug. 6, |90I. C. H. LOWE.

N E C K TIE (Application led Aug. 11, 1900.)

q(No Modell.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. LOWE, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

`NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,763, dated August6, 1901.

Application led August 1l, 1900. Serial No. 26,567. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LOWE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which thefollowing is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in neckties'. y

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a tie with a form ofholding device adapted to engage any ordinary collar-button and whichwhile allowing the tie to be readily engaged with or disengaged from thebutton by proper manipulation will also hold the tie securely inposition when adjusted without the aid of any additional holdingdevices, and, second, to provide a tie-holding device with a suitableform for the bow, whereby no additional filling is required.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-e Figure l is a rear view of a necktie embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bow, withdotted lines indicating the position of the button when the tie is inuse. Figs. 3, 4C, 5, and 6 are views of the holding device as seen fromthe rear in vertical section, from the front,

and from the top, respectively.

Like parts are indicated by the same reference-numerals throughout `theseveral views.

A'holdiug-plate l is embedded in the cloth 2 of the tie, as bestillustrated in Fig. 2. It is provided with a button-receiving aperture 3suiiciently large to admit the head of any ordinary button and providedwith an upwardly-extending notch 4, the sides of which converge to theslit 5. The latter extends from the apex of the notch 4 to abutton-retaining aperture 6, the latter being adapted to receive theshank of the button, but not large enough to permit -the passage of thehead.

plate 8 is also preferably secured to the holding-plate 1 with its uppercentral portion bulged outwardly, as best shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

The cloth of the tie is adjusted in any suitable manner over the form 8and plate l, the edges of the cloth being folded in around the apertures3 and 6 and glued or otherwise secured to the interior surface of theplate, as best shown at 9 in Fig. 2.

I attach great importance to the provision of the notch 4 with sidesconverging to the slit 5 leading to the aperture 6, for the sides ofthenotch serve as guides for the shank of the button, while the sides ofthe slit close together after the shank has passed into the aperture 6,so that the button is locked in the latter aperture with sufficientrigidity to prevent accidental displacement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a necktie, the combination with the cloth covering of the tie; ofthe fiat holdingplate,or shield 1,0f comparatively stille, thoughflexible material, having a concave upper edge and serving as backingfor the tie, said holding-plate being formed with an aperture adapted toreceive the head of an ordinary collar-button; and a second apertureadapted to receive the shank of the button, but of less size than thehead thereof, said plate also having a slit connecting the apertures,and a notch formed in the edge of the first-mentioned aperture, withconvergent sides leading to the slit, neither of said apertures beingopen to the side edges of the plate.

2. In a necktie, the holding-plate l formed of comparatively stiff heavyfabric, such as felt, and provided with apertures therein, located oneabove the other, the lower aperture being adapted to receive Ythe headof an ordinary button, and the other being of less size than the -headof the button, said plate being also provided with an openingcommunicating between said apertures of less width than thebutton-shank, but having sides adapted to yield sufficiently to permitthe passage of the shank when subjected to pressure, neither of saidapertures being open to the side edges of the plate, and said platebeing adapted to permit the cloth of the tie to be stitched or IOO gluedthereto along its outer edges, and along the edges of said apertures. Y

3. In anecktie, a holding-plate of exible material formed of compressedfelt, provided with two apertures, one of which is adapted to receivethe head of a collar-button and the other being of less diameter thanthe head of the button, and with a slit or passage communicating betweensaid apertures, of less width than the diameter of the shank of thebutton, and cementitious material covering the sides of said slit orpassage.

4:. In a necktie, a holding-plate of flexible material with twoapertures, one of which is adapted to receive the head of acollar-button,

CHARLES H. LOWE.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. EEwIN, L. C. WHEELER.

